WOW. FIRST BLOG POST EVER. EMBRACE IT.
When I got news that I could participate in the World Race I didn’t even know how to react. I felt like screaming, crying, jumping for joy all at the same time. Some of you know traveling abroad is something that I love doing and being able to do that and spread the gospel is kind of a dream come true.
Sometimes I find myself thinking “Is this what I’m supposed to be doing with my life at 23?”
Fresh out of high school if you asked where I would be at 23 I would say that I would most likely be in a serious relationship, I’d be a nurse at either the Cleveland Clinic or University Hospitals and I would have it all together.
BUT WHO WAS I KIDDING.
People my age are getting degrees, getting married, having babies and “adulting”…
Let’s just be real, I dropped out of college in the middle of Nursing school and right now I’m not even sure if Nursing is my calling in life. I am far from having it all together but I’m honestly happier than I have ever been.
“Everything is interim. Everything is a path or a preparation for the next thing, and we never know what the next thing is. Life is like that, of course, twisty and surprising. But life with God is like that exponentially. We can dig in, make plans, write in stone, pretend we’re not listening, but the voice of God has a way of being heard. It seeps in like smoke or vapor even when we’ve barred the door against any last-minute changes, and it moves us to different countries and different emotional territories and different ways of living. It keeps us moving and dancing and watching, and never lets us drop down into a life set on cruise control or a life ruled by remote control. Life with God is a dancing dream, full of flashes and last-minute exits and generally all the things we’ve said we’ll never do. And with the surprises comes great hope.” – Shauna Niequist
